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Posted: July 2, 2009

Smithfield mom faces charge for handcuffing child

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Smithfield, N.C. — Smithfield police charged two adults Wednesday with a misdemeanor for restraining a 4-year-old boy.

Kimberly Britt used handcuffs and rope to punish her child, police said. She allegedly cuffed his hands behind his back, tied his legs and left him in his room. A witness reported the punishment to police.

Britt and Linwood Maurice Stancil face charges of misdemeanor child abuse.

The boy and a sibling were released into the custody of family members.

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These children need to be taken from the parent's period... A 4 yr. old handcuffed.. these babies are barley out of diaper's. this is child abuse. next the police will be called the parent's murdered the children. why wait for this to happen. it is so sad what children have to endure at the hand'd of grown-ups. now how much strength does it take to overpower a little child. it is sad, sad..
samiam1244
July 3, 2009 11:56 a.m.
the fine line between punishment and abuse has been crossed.
Click to view my profile LibertarianTechie
July 3, 2009 11:42 a.m.
Um, they handcuffed the kid folks, they didn't leave him to die. Chill out, get off the bandwagon.
Click to view my profile FoxtrotUniformCharlieKiloakaCALM
July 3, 2009 10:41 a.m.
Some people are so stupid........They do not need to be parents.. Handcuff and tie them up and put them somewhere...Oh wait nothing will happen to them you can tie kids to trees and leave them there to die these days and only have to spend 12 - 15 in prison... Our justice system is horrible
Click to view my profile pebbles262004
July 3, 2009 9:30 a.m.
As someone said, with the two guilty pleas and long time given the two parents who tied a kid to a tree to die, the example seems to have been missed by these two mental giants of parenthood.

Of course a parent can control a young parent.
Click to view my profile djofraleigh
July 3, 2009 9:22 a.m.
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